Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-19
LOCAL NEWS.

money aud cause no delay. 80
Boots and shoes Of all kinds made to
measure at Wood & Vincent's. 81
Currie & Schmidt will buy corn in
large lots, and advance literally. 81.
For Rent-The store room occupied
by Eli Smith. Apply to Henry burst.
Before you sign an application for a
farm loan, see Blair n Ewart at the
First National Bank. 10
Fine meal made at the Farmers Mill.
Beats anything Of the kind on the mar
ket. Ask your grocer for it. %
DIR. Davis reports boy. born on the
18th, for Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smith,
who reside southwest of here 10 miles.
Jim. Cummins left this week for
) johnson City, Kans., where he and his
brother are interested in the mercantile
business.
All persons indebted to julius Gold
smith are notified that they must settle
their accounts ut once and save trouble
and expense. 80
DR.. Burney has his house on Second
avenue nearly ready for occupancy. 1t
is the second house built out Of the
Building association funds.
Curie & Schmidt have received car
load of Lawrence, Kansas, -four, which
they guarantee to be as good or better
than any -four sold in this market. Try
it and be convinced. %
Special subjects will be discussed
next Sabbath morning and evening by
Rev. w. ii. Gillian, at the NJ. f. church.
A cordial invitation is extended TO all.
Fine music and a comfortable house.
The A. o. L. w. lodge, of this city,
last Thursday night installed the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: H..
Yant, NJ. W.; f. III. Lockwood, fore
man; J. w. Singer, overseer; John
Dohrer, secretary; II. j. Taleaferro, fl
nancier; l.. +. Pearson, receiver.
st. Dickerson started last Friday
for Greenfield, Ind, and expects to be
absent about month. Mr.. Dickerson
expresses himself as being well salts
fled with this county and thinks it the
best place IN the state for people who
are hunting good homes to settle. He
also expects To bring several families
with him on his return to this city.
Uncle Dick Woodward, so we'll known
here and Geo. T.. Conlisk, late proprie-
tor of the Avenue house, have formed
a partnership and consolidated two
stocks of goods in the Tom. Woodward
place. They will sell every kind of
merchandise, including second hand
goods. Every Saturday they will have
an auction. Read their advertisement.
We understand that l.. NJ. Axline and
+. W. Henklns, of this city, who each
have n timber claim in FinneY county,
are arranging To send t0 Missouri for
carload of black walnuts with which
they will plant their farms. When it
Is remembered that a carload will plant
fO0,O 900 acres, putting the walnuts feet
apart, some may think that these enter
prising horticulturists have ordered too
many walnuts.
Last fall lI-months old child Of
John Castne, Of Elm Mills, swallowed
n needle and several times since had
exhibited signs of great internal pain.
Last Sunday, DIR. Moore, Of this city,
was called TO see the child, and on ex-
amining the abdomen, noticed pro-
tuDerance to the right of the naval.
Making n small incision he discovered
the point of the lost needle and pro-
ceeded To remove IL, though a consider
able pull was necessary. The needle
had passed through the walls of the
stomach and would have worked out in
n short time.
Esther, the Beautiful Queen" ut the
opera house last Saturday night, 10y
Prof. Palmer's music class, was wit
messed by one of the largest audiences
that ever assembled in this city, and
from the opening To the closing chorus
the class was attentively listened to and
their every effort duly applauded. The
scenic effects were good, as was the
general direction of the music by Prof.
Palmer and his accomplished daughter,
Miss Lille, who presided at the organ.
The costumes were rich, appropriate
and becoming and showed that Mrs.
Palmer, who arranged them, had a true
conception of what was needed. We
can but briefly refer TO the principal
characters. Mr. Vincent, as the king.
ENat -r1u nj a. .t,l,
voice, heard for the first time i'm public.
was a most pleasant surprise to the
many friends In the audience. Mrs.
Beeson, the queen, has a pleasant and
cultivated voice, though II is not strong
enough for the character; however, her
correct idea Of her work made up for
any lack Of power of execution. Mr.
Bartels HIS tenor voice, and he should
have had the character of Mordecai
lie is Of an emotional nature, and while
his voice showed great compass, II lack
ed that earnestness that Should charac
terize the designing Iaman. And an.
other thing. he could not resist the
temptation to lay hands on every char
acter he came In contact with-not vic
lent hands, but the hands Of pleading
lover. The acting and general express.
ion Of Prof. Beeson, as Mordecai, was
perfect; but his voice was by no mean:
what 1t should have been, and II was
with difficulty that the finest parts Of
hissinging could be heard. even in the
middle q the hall. Miss Nellie Vince.
lock was n most pleasant Zerish, and
the prediction Is here made that hel
cultured voice viii continue to improve
andafford qualification to her friends
Miss Stella Sparks, as Mordecai's sister